Science Selections
441 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★ - 9 ratingsScience Selections From Popular Scientific Journals
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Edge of the Internet - Jun, 2013 Scientific American
June 02, 2013 05:58 - 15 minutes - 3.6 MBThe Web needs to radically change the way it handles information, says head of Bell Labs Research. By Larry Greenemeier
Periodic Table Cracks - Jun, 2013 Sci Am
May 26, 2013 19:11 - 21 minutes - 5.06 MBElement 117 filled the last gap in the periodic table. But even as it's completed, the table may be losing its power. By Eric Scerri
CDMA - May, 2013 IEEE Spectrum
May 19, 2013 01:27 - 20 minutes - 4.68 MBCaptain of CDMA. Irwin Jacobs wins 2013 IEEE Medal of Honor for his pioneering work on cell phone systems." By Tekla S. Perry
To Print the Impossible - May, 2013 Scientific American
May 12, 2013 01:19 - 12 minutes - 2.98 MBWill three dimensional printing transform conventional manufacturing? By Larry Greenemeier.
Germany Takes the Lead in HVDC - May, 2013 IEEE Spectrum
May 06, 2013 04:34 - 28 minutes - 6.64 MBNew developments in high-voltage DC electronics could herald an epic shift in energy delivery." By Peter Fairley.
Seeds of Dementia - May, 2013 Scientific American
April 28, 2013 01:15 - 26 minutes - 6.1 MB"A chain reaction of toxic proteins may help explain Alzheimer's and other killers..." by Lary C. Walker and Mathias Jucker.
Ghostly Beacons - Apr, 2013 Scientific American
April 20, 2013 22:01 - 25 minutes - 5.95 MB"Neutrinos, the strangest beasts in the particle zoo, may soon open the way to unexplored realms" by various authors
Love Among the Dinosaurs - Apr, 2013 Scientific American
April 13, 2013 19:13 - 18 minutes - 4.29 MB"Scientists are starting to crack the once imponderable mystery of how the big reptiles had sex." by Brian Switek.
Anguish of the Abandoned Child - Apr 2013 Scientific American
April 07, 2013 05:21 - 22 minutes - 5.28 MB"Study of orphaned Romanian children reveals scars from first years spent without a loving, responsive caregiver." by various authors
The Threat from Pox Viruses - Mar, 2013 Scientific American
March 30, 2013 19:48 - 24 minutes - 5.62 MB"Smallpox may be gone, but its viral cousins - monkeypox and cowpox - are staging a comeback." by Sonia Shah
Text Mining Spat - Mar, 20, 2013 Nature
March 23, 2013 19:14 - 12 minutes - 2.9 MB"Scientists and publishers clash over licences that would let machines read research papers." by Richard Van Noorden
My "Augmediated" Life - Mar, 2013 IEEE Spectrum
March 17, 2013 04:48 - 22 minutes - 5.39 MB"Steve Mann: My "Augmediated" Life. What I've learned from 35 years of wearing computerized eyewear." by Steve Mann.
The End of Orange Juice - Mar, 2013 Scientific American
March 09, 2013 21:09 - 28 minutes - 6.55 MB"A devastating disease is killing citrus trees from Florida to California." by Anna Kuchment
The Origins of Creativity - Mar, 2013 Scientific American
March 02, 2013 21:54 - 28 minutes - 6.63 MB"Evidence of ancient ingenuity forces us to reconsider when our ancestors started thinking out of the box." by Heather Pringle
Secrets of Primitive Meteorites - Feb, 2013 Scientific American
February 24, 2013 01:12 - 21 minutes - 5.11 MB"Study of chondrites, provide details of what our neighborhood in space was like before planets formed." by Alan E. Rubin.
Renewable Energy - Popular Mechanics On-Line
February 17, 2013 04:11 - 13 minutes - 3.17 MB"The Renewable Energy Nobody is Talking About" by John Ackerly; "Why You Should Use a Pellet Stove" by Joseph Truini
Translational Research - Feb, 2013 Nature
February 09, 2013 19:12 - 20 minutes - 4.81 MB"Christopher Austin, director of NIH's Translational Research Centre, must jump-start drug-development." by Meredith Wadman.
Electronics on Paper - Feb, 2013 IEEE Spectrum
February 03, 2013 01:53 - 25 minutes - 5.85 MB"Paper electronics could pave the way to a new generation of cheap, flexible gadgets." by Andrew J. Steckl.
The Battery Powered Bullet - Feb, 2013 Scientific American
January 26, 2013 23:10 - 18 minutes - 4.42 MB"Few petroleum-powered cars have ever surpassed 400 mph. A group of students plans to do it with electric power." by Gregory Mone.
Quantum Dots Go on Display - Jan, 2013 Nature
January 19, 2013 19:33 - 8 minutes - 1.96 MB"Adoption by TV makers could expand the market for light-emitting nanocrystals." by Katherine Bourzac.
Dyscalculia: Number games - Jan, 2013 Nature
January 12, 2013 20:51 - 23 minutes - 5.53 MB"Brian Butterworth's crusade to understand the number deficit dyscalculia - and to help those who have it." by Ewen Callaway.
Google Gets in Your Face - Jan, 2013 IEEE Spectrum
January 06, 2013 05:23 - 12 minutes - 3.02 MB"Google Glass offers a slightly augmented version of reality." by Elise Ackerman.
A Confederacy of Senses - Jan, 2013 Scientific American
December 30, 2012 01:15 - 15 minutes - 3.69 MB"Our senses collaborate more than previously realized. What we hear depends a lot on what we see and feel." by Lawrence D. Rosenblum
The Coming Megafloods - Jan, 2013 Scientific American
December 23, 2012 01:31 - 25 minutes - 5.91 MB"Huge atmospheric vapor flows have caused huge floods every 200 years." by Michael Dettinger and Lynn Ingram
The Pioneer Anomaly - Dec, 2012 IEEE Spectrum
December 16, 2012 22:24 - 24 minutes - 5.69 MB"30 years ago, Pioneer spacecraft started slowing unexpectedly. We finally know why." by Viktor Toth and Slava Turyshev
The Unquantum Quantum - Dec, 2012 Scientific American
December 08, 2012 18:36 - 17 minutes - 4.19 MB"Quantum theorists often speak of the world as being digital. But is it really?" by David Tong
The Winters of our Discontent - Dec, 2012 Scientific American
December 02, 2012 04:06 - 22 minutes - 5.27 MB"Loss of Arctic sea ice is stacking the deck in favor of harsh winter weather in the U.S. and Europe." by Charles H. Greene.
Disappearing Daguerreotypes - Dec, 2012 Scientific American
November 18, 2012 20:09 - 14 minutes - 3.49 MB"How an unlikely team saved priceless images from the earliest days of photography." by Daniel Grushkin.
Robotic Road Train - Nov 2012 IEEE Spectrum
November 11, 2012 05:26 - 21 minutes - 5.02 MB"Semiautonomous cars will play follow the leader, giving drivers a rest and saving fuel." by Erik Coelingh and Stefan Solyom
The Strangest Bird - Nov, 2012 Scientific American
November 04, 2012 05:28 - 24 minutes - 5.79 MB"Recent fossil discoveries reveal the surprising evolutionary history of penguins" by R. E. Fordyce and D. T. Ksepka.
Grow Your Own Eye! - Nov, 2012 Scientific American
October 27, 2012 18:37 - 18 minutes - 4.41 MB"Biologists have coaxed cells to form a retina, a step toward growing replacement organs outside the body." by Yoshiki Sasai.
The Higgs at Last! - Oct, 2012 Scientific American
October 21, 2012 06:06 - 25 minutes - 6.12 MB"After a 30 year search, scientists appear to have found the elusive particle. A new era in physics could be about to dawn."
Mind and Machine - Oct, 2012 UCLA Magazine
October 14, 2012 04:38 - 20 minutes - 4.67 MB"Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence. Smartphones that talk. Self-driving cars. Robots that think." by Dan Gordon.
The Sleeping Slayer - Sept, 2012 Scientific American
October 06, 2012 23:36 - 26 minutes - 6.26 MB"In the neurological netherworld between sleep and wakefulness, the mind's delirium can turn tragically real." by James Vlahos.
2012 And Counting! - From "The Skeptic"
September 29, 2012 21:52 - 37 minutes - 8.87 MB"A NASA Scientist Answers the Top 20 Questions About 2012." by David Morrison.
Sociable Killers - Oct, 2006 Natural History
September 23, 2012 05:45 - 26 minutes - 6.18 MB"Studies of the great white shark reveal complex social and hunting strategies." by R. Aidan Martin and Anne Martin.
Microwave Weapons - Sep, 2012 Nature
September 15, 2012 19:00 - 20 minutes - 4.68 MBDespite 50 years of research on high-power microwaves, the US military has yet to produce a usable weapon. By Sharon Weinberger.
The Power of 100 Suns - Sep, 2012 IEEE Spectrum
September 08, 2012 20:18 - 25 minutes - 5.92 MB"Tapping the Power of 100 Suns. Concentrated solar power will keep future armies on the Mar." by Richard Stevenson.
Beyond the Quantum Horizon - Sept 2012 Scientific American
September 02, 2012 05:50 - 23 minutes - 5.4 MB"Once thought to limit knowledge and technology, quantum theory is now expanding computing power." by David Deutsch and Artur Ekert.
Mind in Motion - Sep, 2012 Scientific American
August 26, 2012 19:50 - 21 minutes - 4.96 MB"The idea that paralyzed people might control their limbs by thinking is no longer fantasy." by Miguel A. L. Nicolelis.
Keep Getting Smarter? - Sept, 2012 Scientific American
August 19, 2012 03:59 - 14 minutes - 3.47 MB"Ever rising IQ scores suggest that future generations will make us seem like dimwits in comparison." by Tim Folger.